Biotic interchange between the Indian subcontinent and mainland Asia through time

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 7; no. 1; pp. 12132 - 6
• Main Authors: Klaus, Sebastian, Morley, Robert J., Plath, Martin, Zhang, Ya-Ping, Li, Jia-Tang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 04.07.2016; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 704/158/670; 704/158/852; 704/2151/414; Asia; Biota; Dispersal; Environmental conditions; Eocene; Fossils; Geology; Humanities and Social Sciences; India; multidisciplinary; Phylogeny; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Time Factors; United Kingdom > UK; Asia; Indian subcontinent; China; India

Biotic interchange after the connection of previously independently evolving floras and faunas is thought to be one of the key factors that shaped global biodiversity as we see it today. However, it was not known how biotic interchange develops over longer time periods of several million years follo...